People are a company’s most important asset. It may be one of the greatest cliches in the business world, but it is also true. The main reason for this is that people can’t simply be replaced the way many business assets can. You can’t just swap out a person the way you can swap out […]
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How Relevant Life Cover for Your Employees Can Cut Your Tax Bill (and Theirs)
All employers will understand the challenge of attracting and retaining employees without overspending. The good news is that headline salary, although obviously important, is only one of a range of factors which employees consider when deciding whether or not a job is the right one for them (or whether they wish to stay with a […]
How would you cope if you lost everything?
Although the highs and lows of the stock market can make for great entertainment, in reality, being up one minute and down the next can be enough to make the average person feel seasick, if not worse. Investment tends to be about incremental progress over time and the principle of diversification is often taken very […]
Women are building wealth not saving it
According to the Global Wealth Report (GWR), women now hold about 40% of the world’s wealth. In other words, they are tantalisingly close to achieving wealth equality with men. While this is, of course, cause for celebration, there are two key points to remember. The first is that in the GWR included non-financial assets, so […]
How to navigate volatile stock markets
Although previous Prime Minister, Theresa May famously commented on the need for “strong and stable government”, something we most certainly do not have at the time of writing! However, the fact still remains that the UK is currently navigating its way through extremely choppy political waters and the stock market is reacting accordingly. In fact, ever since […]
What causes stock-market volatility?
If you look at a long-term graph of any stock market, especially ones in mature markets, then you’ll probably see a long-term upward trend. Look a little closer, however, and you’ll see that the nice upward line is actually a bit jagged, showing quite obvious dips here and there. Zoom in closer still and you’ll […]